Teaching Materials Links by Category: Combined

Links to online materials are provided below; related class handouts and PowerPoints are in the TIE-Drive
Day 1 - Saturday, July 12

Day 2 - Saturday, July 19

Day 3 - Saturday, July 26

Speaking:

Role Play and Listening Activities:

Role Play and Vocabulary:

Day 1 Handouts:
Conversation Exercise: Small Talk and Stereotypes
First Day Student Interview
Day 1 PowerPoint, slides 16-29

Preparation (homework): Listen to at least one podcast

each day. Prepare a 1-minute summary of one of these
podcasts -- the one you found most interesting -- to
share with other students in class. Include in your
summary: (a) who prepared the podcast; (b) the
general subject of the podcast; (c) the main idea of the
podcast; and (d) two things you found interesting about
what you heard.
In-class role plays:
o Cocktail party style conversation
o Report to boss (to be videoed)
Day 2 PowerPoint support, slides 33-35
Additional information: Class Website
(https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/2-the-listening-speaking-cycle/a-listeningspeaking-practice).

Day 3 Handout: Practice with Idioms and Formal

Language Dependability & Honesty
(office setting exchange)
Day 3 PowerPoint support, slides 4-5

Listening Activities:
See class website (The Listening Speaking Cycle https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/2-the-listening-speaking-cycle) for links to
and activities related to podcasts, news reports,
StoryCorps; these listening activities were integrated with
vocabulary activities, role plays, and speaking activities.

Vocabulary:
Many of the supports for the vocabulary work are found
on the class website, in the Vocabulary file
(https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/vocabulary). Links to learners dictionaries,
online idiom lists, and other resources are provided, plus
instructions linking listening to daily podcasts to entering
words and idioms in a Class Word Bank (GoogleDoc
Word Bank template:
https://docs.google.com/a/uic.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=
0AmjKTsvExN_dElZX3lUdWNQOFR0OU9rejdfMlNlZ1E#gid=0). Word
Bank class conversations happened at the beginning of
each class.

Vocabulary:
Day 2 Handouts:
Idioms and Register (and more formal language)
Idioms: Dependability and Honesty
Day 2 Power Point support, slides 14-32

Role Play and Listening Activities:

Use of student homework (summary of NPR daily news
summary) in informal cocktail party style practice and
more formal (and videoed) role play as TV newscaster.
Instructions on class website:
(https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/2-the-listening-speaking-cycle/d---reportingthe-news).
Day 3 PowerPoint support: slides 33-34

Vocabulary:
Day 3 Handouts:
Accounting Idioms
Expressing Opinions

Pronunciation:
Overview of stress; Content and function words
Day 3 Handouts
Stress Content and Function Words Practice
Syllable Stress
Day 3 PowerPoint support: slides 6-31
/v/ /f/ /w/ - Minimal Pairs
Day 3 PowerPoint support: slides 35-45
Class Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/4---pronunciation

Day 4 - Saturday, August 2

Role Play, Listening, and Vocabulary:

Day 5 - Saturday, August 9

Role Play and Vocabulary:

Day 6 - Saturday, August 16

Speaking

Role Play based on listening (homework: NPR

Business Story of the Day podcast; Day 3 Expressing
Opinion handout). Dinner conversation at the boss
house: small talk, sharing opinion of NPR podcasts,
and asking opinions of others.
Day 4 PowerPoint support, slides 38-44 (review of
Opinion language; short directions)
Preparation Directions: on class Website
(https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/4-assignments -- August 2)

Role play using words and terms from Day 4 handout

(participating/leading a meeting), which includes role
play directions. Characters: department head & two
team members. Storyline: determined by students in
broad stroke (August 2); roles are practiced as
homework; and time is provided for rehearsal before
presentation on August 9; presentation is videoed for
student review.
Day 5 PowerPoint support, slides 31-32 .

Students conduct interviews, using methods, words and

terms from Day 5 handouts (interviews). Students take
roles as interviewer and interviewee, asking and
answering questions about travel that they selected on
Day 5 and prepared answer between classes.
Day 6 PowerPoint support, slides 52-59 (including
student questions

Vocabulary:
Day 4 Handouts:
Negotiation Vocabulary
Words and Phrases for Participating in or Leading
Meetings (plus preparation for August 9 role
play in class)
Day 4 PowerPoint support: slides 24-28 (Review of
accounting idioms, from Day 3 Handout)
Day 4 & 5 Handout:
Transitional Words and Phrases with Exercises
Day 4 PowerPoint support: slides 33-37 (intro)
Day 5 PowerPoint support: slides 24-30 (with HO)
Day 6 PowerPoint support: slides 60-64 (blanks)

Pronunciation:
Stress Review of content/function words and
Thought Groups
Day 4 Handouts
Stress Content and Function Words Practice
Day 4 PowerPoint support: slides 4-23

Vocabulary:
Business English; Learners Dictionaries
Class Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/vocabulary/e---business-english;
https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/vocabulary/business-english---verbs
Day 5 Handout: Travel Idioms

Speaking
Day 5 Handouts (preparation for Day 6 class work):
Interview Skills
Chicago Tribune Interview Travel
PowerPoint support: slides 64-72

Pronunciation:

Listening and Speaking:

Discussion of (at least 2) StoryCorps podcasts
Class Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/2-the-listening-speaking-cycle/c---storycorps

Vocabulary:
Word Families
Day 6 PowerPoint support: slides 4-26
Day 6 Handout: Word Families
Travel Idioms (review of Day 5 Handout)
Day 6 PowerPoint support: slides 39-51
Agreement and Disagreement
Day 6 PowerPoint support: slides 65-88
Day 6 Handout: Agreement and Disagreement

Intonation Day 5 PowerPoint support: slides 33-63

Day 5 Handout: Intonation

Grammar

/l/ /r/ - Minimal Pairs

Day 5 PowerPoint support: slides 4-20
Class Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/4---pronunciation

Pronunciation:

Articles
Day 6 PowerPoint support: slides 89-107
Day 6 Handout: Agreement and Disagreement

// ///, /d/, /z/

Day 5 PowerPoint support: slides 27-38
Class Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/conversation-andvocabulary/4---pronunciation

Day 7 - Saturday, August 23

Role Play and Vocabulary:
Two Role plays in triads using words and terms from
Day 6 handout (agreeing and disagreeing); handout
includes role play directions. Students alternate roles
as arguers and mediators. Day 5 PowerPoint support,
slides 31-32 .

Vocabulary:
Word Families
Day 7 PowerPoint support: slides 5-21

Speaking
Final presentation (3 minutes-7 minutes):
Family history/story

Review
Course Review: Jeopardy (board and key in Day 7 file)